duiu
Old Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Brythonic *duɨw, from Proto-Celtic *dēwos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.
Noun
editduiu m or f
Usage notes
editThis word is principally attested in three sources:
- As part of the name of the River Dee in Wales, whose feminine gender is confirmed by Ancient Greek Δεουα (Deoua),
- In the derived name Guasduiu (“Servant of God”), and
- In the early Irish Sanas Cormaic, where the glossary author occasionally used the Old Welsh word to etymologize some obscure terms.
Derived terms
editDescendants
editCategories:
- Old Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
- Old Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Old Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Welsh lemmas
- Old Welsh nouns
- Old Welsh masculine nouns
- Old Welsh feminine nouns
- Old Welsh nouns with multiple genders
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